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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

By Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | 02.19.2015

Researchers have increased the size of mouse brains by giving the rodents a piece of human DNA that controls gene...

By Press Release, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 02.18.2015
EFF is asking the Supreme Court to hear arguments in Raynor v. State of Maryland, a case that examines whether...
By Editorial, Nature | 02.18.2015

The Greek prefix epi- can signify upon, on, over, near, at, before, and after. Most of those could apply to...

By Craig Klugman, Bioethics.net | 02.18.2015

How do physicians diagnose disease? First they go through a set of symptoms and then compile a list of differential...

By Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen | 02.18.2015

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, “the building block of life,” has become a standard for forensic evidence. The famous “double helix” molecule...

By Justin L. Sonnenburg, Scientific American | 02.17.2015
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In the not too distant future each of us will be able to colonize our gut with genetically...

By Dr Trevor Stammers, St Mary’s University Blog | 02.16.2015
By Philippa Taylor, BioNews | 02.16.2015
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In a recent debate organised by the Progress Educational Trust in Parliament - 'Mitochondrial Donation: Is It...